Film · 2005
Mangal Pandey - The Rising
Directed by Ketan Mehta
2h 30mIndiaHindi
The film begins in 1857, when India was ruled by the British East India Company. Mangal Pandey is a sepoy, a soldier of Indian origin, in the army of the East India Company. Pandey is fighting in the Anglo-Afghan Wars and saves the life of his British commanding officer, William Gordon. Gordon is indebted to Pandey and a strong friendship develops between them, transcending both rank and race.
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Cast & crew
- Aamir KhanMangal Pandey
- Rani MukerjiHeera
- Toby StephensCaptain William Gordon
- Ameesha PatelJwala
- Om PuriNarrator (uncredited)
- Kirron KherLol Bibi
- Ben NealonCaptain Hewson
- Habib TanvirBahadur Shah Zafar
- Varsha UsgaonkarRani Laxmibai
- Shrirang GodboleNana Saheb
- Kenneth CranhamMr. Kent
- Albert WellingLord Charles Canning
- Tom AlterWatson
- Mukesh TiwariBakht Khan
- Shahbaz KhanAzimullah Khan
- Deepraj RanaTatya Tope
- Sanjay SwarajJemadar Ishwari Prasad
- Murali SharmaShaikh Paltu
- Lalit TiwariDawar Ali
- Anupam Shyam
- Directed by
- Ketan Mehta
- Written by
- Farrukh Dhondy
- Music
- A.R. Rahman
- Produced by
- Bobby Bedi, Ketan Mehta & Deepa Sahi
- Cinematography
- Himman Dhamija
- Editing
- Sreekar Prasad